Influence of water activity in organic solvent + water mixtures on the nature of the crystallizing drug phase. 1. Theophylline

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 151-160

  Zhu, Haijian ^a   Yuen, Ceaminia ^a   Grant, David J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Propanol; Anhydrate; Crystallization; Methanol; Monohydrate; Solubility; Theophylline; Water activity

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; THEOPHYLLINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030591402     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5173(95)04466-3     Document Type: Article

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